1951 Fender "Nocaster": The Journey Home

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  • @theaceofspadesjl
    @theaceofspadesjl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Emerald City Guitars. Please do not stop making these videos. These travel stories and adventures are my favorite new thing to watch on youtube. Please keep them coming!

  • @ryangunwitch-black
    @ryangunwitch-black ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a very cool story. And a beautiful Nocaster. Can you imagine selling Fender guitars in the ‘50s and early ‘60s!? ❤

  • @realgoodmind
    @realgoodmind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really enjoyed this guy getting his Nocaster. What a great story. That guitar and amp sound freaking MASSIVE. what a setup. Sweet baby jesus

  • @beezersurf
    @beezersurf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's awesome. Glad you got that Nocaster, Chris. Super cool to hear the history.

  • @Ironworthstriking
    @Ironworthstriking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The tone of that Nocaster is out of this world!

    • @NolalanD
      @NolalanD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It wails doesn't it!

  • @mattr2128
    @mattr2128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That ending tone is unreal

  • @johnl.6930
    @johnl.6930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool story! Happy for you Chris! History is so important and this one you can jam on!!✌️❤️

  • @greggfell4071
    @greggfell4071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s the town where “Northern Exposure “ was filmed, cool!

  • @goswo
    @goswo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Soooo good to watch.

  • @Gaslight.Guitar
    @Gaslight.Guitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    awesome journey. love your recent videos folks! We need more fo sho!

  • @collinwhitley3543
    @collinwhitley3543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video and Nick Mardon bringing the fire!! Seriously great playing and sound.

  • @robertfair1770
    @robertfair1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now that's an amazing story... Great Filming and doc.. FANTASTIC!!!!!!

  • @cramster3495
    @cramster3495 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guys, not only is the content excellent, but the production values on these videos you are doing is absolutely fantastic. Broadcast quality. Congratulations to a great team.

  • @mariozamprogno1654
    @mariozamprogno1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a fender fan boy that I am I really love this story brings a little tear to my eyeBesides what are friends for anyway

  • @likeakite
    @likeakite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That combo sounded amazing !!!

  • @ericthompson3383
    @ericthompson3383 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What am incredible story and guitar! Chris was right, I definitely dream of riding around in a Cadillac full of Fenders!! These videos are way cool! Thank you!

  • @aaronhiebert4745
    @aaronhiebert4745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video and story. I’ve spent a lot of time in Roslyn! Love it!

  • @jeremyversusjazz
    @jeremyversusjazz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Killer story. Great vid. And that tone at the end! Holy crap!

  • @willjohnson2511
    @willjohnson2511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow. Such much amazing gear. Great vid.

  • @randyfrieberg1706
    @randyfrieberg1706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow ..... love the entire story ..... amazing guitar ......

  • @davemis40
    @davemis40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome sound ! ... fabulous playing too

  • @MrLastSpin
    @MrLastSpin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys are absolutely salt of the earth! I look forward to meeting you one day and buying a guitar from you. Oh, and a Trevor hug is necessary! Keep these great videos coming and keep being yourselves.

  • @BobHolland1949
    @BobHolland1949 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wish I had my '51 Esquire back. I was second owner & paid only $100.00 for it. Had the original Strap & sales receipt. If I only knew then what I know now.

    • @sferguson1130
      @sferguson1130 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ain’t that the truth lol. I think about that, when I reflect on my childhood, with bikes, all original Star Wars stuff, baseball cards, etc.

  • @tommyraper3895
    @tommyraper3895 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoying these, this one in particular is a great story, thanks guys!

  • @ZMEZME
    @ZMEZME 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very well done video- thank you.

  • @DaveElke
    @DaveElke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I see this just as I’m considering a crazy trade. Would love to see your shop some day!

    • @Ironworthstriking
      @Ironworthstriking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What are you trading for?

    • @DaveElke
      @DaveElke 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ironworthstriking a fender CS 61 Strat made by Jason Smith. It’s a real special one. Been after it for years. My friend finally gave in ha!

  • @rosssoutherland8118
    @rosssoutherland8118 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great story! Happy for you 🙏

  • @TheBenScarr
    @TheBenScarr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos guys! Keep 'em coming!

  • @fritzcaddy
    @fritzcaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great content real dudes doing cool stuff

  • @maxwhitten8376
    @maxwhitten8376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesomeness.

  • @fabio32
    @fabio32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sounds so good!

  • @MisterRorschach90
    @MisterRorschach90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will literally buy that hard tail 70s strat right now. Take my money.

    • @wesleyAlan9179
      @wesleyAlan9179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hear ya! 😉👍

    • @andrewkemp1882
      @andrewkemp1882 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can buy it right now. It’s on the Emerald City website.

  • @paulcowart3174
    @paulcowart3174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How cool is that.....I kinda liked the Jag...Man that low powered twin wow I just picked up a 61 Princeton tremolo and am loving it Was almost going to get a tweed tho Hmmm maybe a champ

  • @johnsmith-bk4ps
    @johnsmith-bk4ps 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    that jag is the same year and looks exactly like an excellent refin i sold at a guitar show in portland in the late 90,s

  • @garythecrow3935
    @garythecrow3935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Feel good stuff, wow !!!

  • @stratmagic6893
    @stratmagic6893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I always wonder in videos like this why the new owner doesn't play the guitar. I did notice when he picked it up he never strummed it or played a lick which is the first thing I do when I pick up any guitar to see how it feels and sounds unplugged.

    • @jamesreeves4600
      @jamesreeves4600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      maybe because they know it will be posted online, where assholes will comment cruel things about their playing

    • @wiltherebmusic3726
      @wiltherebmusic3726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably just a collector and can't play amazingly

    • @IrishBog
      @IrishBog 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesreeves4600 I wouldn’t play it either - people can be cruel

    • @mattrogers1946
      @mattrogers1946 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wondered that myself?

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesreeves4600 id go for it anyway

  • @MuscleDad420
    @MuscleDad420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    10:18 bypass capacitors and filter caps are NOT original. But those are changes made for quality of the amp's life. Old electrolytics belong in the bin.

    • @levigarrett7931
      @levigarrett7931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was going to say the same about the filter caps. Looked like new F&Ts if I recall correctly.

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@levigarrett7931 i caught that too, overall the amp was really straight up. so many are buggered with, i guess 4k is the number for a straight one. at first i thought 3500 would be fair but the more you think about it, its pretty rare in that condition.

    • @MrEscharles
      @MrEscharles ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep cathode bypass caps and main filter Caps replaced , original caps of this era would be Mallory in a brown paper sleeve

  • @jamesreeves4600
    @jamesreeves4600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    He can't ever sell the woody amp, ask for donations if you need money. Never sell that amp for any amount of money!

  • @bryonkidder6199
    @bryonkidder6199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Luv it!

  • @bensepulveda71
    @bensepulveda71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy sh@t that thing screams!!! 😳

  • @ianhaynes333
    @ianhaynes333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @BarryPoogy
    @BarryPoogy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    not a lot of comments. We all must be speechless :)

  • @CraigPaddockmusic
    @CraigPaddockmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who is that beast playing at the end?

    • @anthonyc1883
      @anthonyc1883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nick Mardon. His name is posted on-screen at 15:58

    • @CraigPaddockmusic
      @CraigPaddockmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anthonyc1883 oh thx! I rewinded and everything….ha.

  • @IrishBog
    @IrishBog 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been wondering about doing something like this too. Selling a bunch to get that one. He can’t have gotten a lot of money for the guitars he sold - I’m guessing maybe 25-30k tops

  • @TheChadPad
    @TheChadPad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God damn what a sound. Yeah, that's BADASS. That's BAD!

  • @andrewkemp1882
    @andrewkemp1882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not a bad outcome - he gets the guitar he wants and other people get to buy some of the gear he was stockpiling. Looks like the five guitars that he traded are on the website for a total of USD$35,000 and the Deluxe (which looks like the one that the restaurant guy was supposed to buy but it looks like he didn't) and the oxblood Super are there for USD$9500. So...around $45,000 plus whatever the Pro went for. Pushing $50,000 on the trades...he must have paid a fair bit more on top of that for the Nocaster. Surely?
    Anyway, better he has one guitar he loves than a handful of guitars and amps he might not even be touching, let alone playing.

    • @op-z
      @op-z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is one on reverb for 98K.

    • @andrewkemp1882
      @andrewkemp1882 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@op-z So he’s possibly stumped up $50k on top of the trades. That’s a good deal for someone. If he likes it, it’s a good deal for him. Not sure I’d do it.

    • @op-z
      @op-z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andrewkemp1882 Considering family history and all, absolutely. And yes, better to have an instrument that inspires you instead of the one that is just standing in the corner. (Also, reverb price does not mean it is actually sells for this price)

    • @johnsmith-bk4ps
      @johnsmith-bk4ps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      to much hype for me being a nocaster, just find a sweet 52 or 53 for 40k, same thing. now a broadcaster... i get it,

  • @CraigPaddockmusic
    @CraigPaddockmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hahaha. “ let’s load this shit up”

  • @dividedbytimestudios
    @dividedbytimestudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this the “buy me a boat” Chris Janson?

  • @nickwilson9210
    @nickwilson9210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish you could do this with all my guitars

  • @saint6563
    @saint6563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MEAN!!!

  • @SunnyKlein-vr7eh
    @SunnyKlein-vr7eh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sad thing is is the guys who have guitars like this but never play the damn things

  • @CC-te5zf
    @CC-te5zf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yoder smokers!

  • @detroithammer8869
    @detroithammer8869 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    fucking aayy!

  • @Moto_737
    @Moto_737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wait wtf that the northern exposure town

    • @wesleyAlan9179
      @wesleyAlan9179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, I thought the same thing!! No sh*t!!🤣😂

  • @frankcarter6427
    @frankcarter6427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the 50s tele I played just a tele, everyone spoke about it like it was a religious relic, but it wasn't, it was just a tele

  • @davemeshamsr6000
    @davemeshamsr6000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where’s the nocaster?!

  • @redribbonarmy2262
    @redribbonarmy2262 ปีที่แล้ว

    I kust found this video. I have an all original nocaster with original case and original paperwork and the ad in the window. He bought it. And hated it. So he put it in the closet in 1951 and never played it again. And asid e from Me Lonnie and my mom. Noone esle have ever played is.sssdddd

  • @dingbatjack1234
    @dingbatjack1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like most teles 🤷‍♂️

    • @wesleyAlan9179
      @wesleyAlan9179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think that's the point, my friend.
      Its not necessarily the sound. Its more about the fact that it is what it is, and its exactly WHAT they say it is. You may be the type of person to say, "So what, bla,bla,bla" or.."It sounds like any other tele" oh wait,you already said that, see?! See what I mean there,bud?😅
      Its an uncirculated guitar from the 50s, all original, if you can't understand how goddamn special that is, then this sort of thing isn't for you, run back to your bedroom and hack it out on your Squire Strat through your surprising good sounding line 6 amp🤣😂
      Go learn an easy srv lick and hopefully by showing off your newly learned lick will make you seem cooler than you are and possibly get you laid.
      From what I've gathered by reading your comment, what I said sounds fitting for your type,lol! Have a great weekend brother🤣🤟 I'm only kidding, I honestly hope you got a laugh out of my nonsense 😉👍

  • @kevinwilson2082
    @kevinwilson2082 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excuse me, but I just peed myself....

  • @adotbeck
    @adotbeck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those filter caps are NOT original.

  • @josephfemoyer7218
    @josephfemoyer7218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    To each his own but for me i buy houses,buildings that triple in value over 10-15 yrs not guitars.thats why hollywood stars buy REAL ESTATE not guitars.i hav done it already.i didnt invent the wheel i just used the same formula as ppl in the know use.im not knocking buying vintage,the newer guitars of today ate a whole lot cheaper and are more reliable,easier to play and sound almost as good sometimes better

    • @anthonyc1883
      @anthonyc1883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The video clearly explains that this Nocaster has a personal, historical connection with the new owner and his family which is very important to him. So there's that, which differentiates this purchase from a real estate investment. Plus, for those who are focused on the money, the guitar is extremely likely to continue to appreciate respectably as we have seen with early blackguards for quite a long time now.

    • @sebastiangruenberg8253
      @sebastiangruenberg8253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Try playing your real estate ...

    • @mattrogers1946
      @mattrogers1946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sebastiangruenberg8253 🤣🤣

    • @jeffarms64
      @jeffarms64 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's no fun.

  • @josephfemoyer7218
    @josephfemoyer7218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For the guitar players who make music for a living this is just another tele,its the guitar dealers that create the fantasy around it. Dealers built up these guitars to be “works of art”.teles are parts guitars,great guitars but bolt together butcher blocks.giv me a break

    • @emeraldcityguitars
      @emeraldcityguitars  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ya get it or ya don't

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, and if you're willing to do just a bit of parts upgrades, the Mojotone kits will get the amps happening for a lot less than the originals or the custom shop or the boutique stuff. Mercury Magnetics transformers and a few F&T caps will do it.
      Do your homework
      Do the work
      You are there

    • @screamingstrings76
      @screamingstrings76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya dude seriously like for the real drivers out there that make a living doing it, the shelby cobra is just another car

    • @TheChadPad
      @TheChadPad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well should I believe you or my lying ears?

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Romanticizing about the 50's, and all the help cats that probably played those old guitars all down through the years is cool and fun. Letting your imagination take flights of fancy into the golden days of yesteryear does no harm, and maybe even Sparks a bit of creativity.
      .........But then, WHAM!!! Back to the grim meat hook reality of the bottom line, and costs being whatever the market will bear.
      collectors, brokers, hoarders, and other types who don't even play guitar buy them up at any price and lock them away so that no musician can own or play them again continue to drive up the cost to the point where the deed to your house is an even trade for a Les Paul or old L series Strat.
      Huh? What?
      Check the sugar cubes under the blacklight before you drop them in your coffee!
      If the mushrooms turn blue, don't put them on the pizza!
      The trendy golden glow that vintage instruments had a few years ago is getting a little tarnished by all of the idolatry and guitar porn. It's time for a creative alternative.
      This involves not going back to the 50's, it just means returning to the standards of quality and workmanship that made these things so highly prized in the first place.
      It's happening on a small scale, but what is needed are affordable instruments that inspire the burning desire to play the way the old ones did.
      Common sense ain't real popular when yer daydreamin', is it?